Mamba Shift Backpack Swallows Almost Everything
As a connoisseur (read: obsessive collector) of bags, I have discovered the ingredients of the perfect design. The problem is, I have no idea of the recipe with which they should be mixed together. Taken on their rather strong product releases over the past few months, it seems the folks at Booq have been taste-testing bag designs and have come up with some pretty scrumptious results.
Why battery standby time more shorter than manufacturers claim All along, many consumers often complain that their laptop battery standby time is always shorter than the manufacturers claims. For this question, the laptop users must realize that. The original notebook manufacturers announced running time is standard time, that is the standard operating procedures time in the
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Why battery standby time more shorter than manufacturers claim
The near-series Mercedes-Benz Concept BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS electric car combines environment-friendly electric mobility in the city with unrestricted suitability for long-distance driving. This is made possible by the combination of the battery-electric drive with a combustion engine. The range extender gives the BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS a total range of up to 600 kilometers, with 100
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Battery-powered electric drive plus range extender
Homeowners needing a new BT landline installed can now save themselves the £122.50 line connection charge and get free broadband & phone calls thanks to a new offer launched by BT ( BT.com ). To qualify for the £0 line connection charge offer, customers must take any BT package containing a home phone calling plan. The offer can also be used in conjunction with BT’s current 3 months free broadband and phone calls deal
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BT Offer £0 Line Connection Charge & Free Broadband
Virgin Media ( virginmedia.co.uk ) has increased its mobile broadband speeds to up to 7.2Mbps following the launch of its new USB modem stick. The new 7.2Mb USB modem stick is available on a range of contract lengths and monthly data usage limits, enabling consumers to select the mobile broadband package that best suits their requirements. Users can opt for an 18 month contract or a shorter, more flexbile, 2 month contract and choose from either a 1GB or 3GB data usage allowance each month
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Virgin Mobile Broadband Speeds Now Up To 7.2Mb
3 ( three.co.uk ) has reduced the price of its 1GB mobile broadband tariff to just £7.50 a month. Previously £10 a month, 3’s mobile broadband tariff offers download speeds up to 3.6Mbps together with a 1GB monthly data allowance and free USB modem stick. 1GB of data per month is typically enough to send 1,000 emails and use the Internet for around 10 hours
I’m often convinced that most of the battles we see in the technology market are avoidable and largely counterproductive. A stupid fight is one that goes on between two companies that are more natural partners than competitors. What started me down this path with the Microsoft-Google battle is a post by Yaron Galai (it’s short and worth reading) about something Marc Cuban said on the textbook mistake most new companies make: not knowing what business they are in
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Google vs. Microsoft: Is This a Stupid Fight?
TalkTalk ( talktalk.co.uk ) has brought back its free broadband connection offer for new customers who join the ISP by the 15th December 2009. The new incentive replaces the free Marks & Spencer vouchers offer that was originally due to end on the 3rd December. The free broadband connection offer means customers switching to a TalkTalk phone and broadband package either online at the TalkTalk website or via the phone on 0800 049 7865 can save £29.99
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TalkTalk Bring Back Free Broadband Connection Offer
Orange ( www.orange.co.uk ) has updated its range of mobile broadband free laptop offers with the addition of the Asus 1005H GO netbook and the Compaq Presario CQ61. The Asus 1005H GO netbook has an embedded Orange SIM card for built in Orange mobile broadband, which means there’s no need to plug in a seperate USB modem stick.
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Orange Update Mobile Broadband Free Laptop Offers
According to Amazon.com, the new netbook includes a six-cell “Super Hybrid Engine” battery pack and, depending how it is used, it is possible to adjust the computer for better performance and efficient energy consumption. People can pre-order this netbook (ASUS Eee PC 1000HE 10-inch Netbook) by Amazon (click here)
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Asus launches an Eee PC netbook with 9.5-hour battery life
Note to PC speaker makers: don’t force me to use yet another USB port when I have a perfectly good headphone socket on my notebook. I know that some audio-outs (and their preceding circuitry) are junk, but if I’m paying $500 for a pair of your computer speakers, it’s likely I have a fairly decent computer to hook them up to. Ok, rant over, and apart from sucking up a USB port to feed the music directly into their own digital/analog converter, the Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin MM-1 looks to be a rather sweet speaker
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Whole Lotta Love: B&W Zeppelin Computer Speakers
Benjamin Moody spent two months trying to crack the programming code of his TI-83 graphing calculator, a process that involved finding the prime factors of enormous numbers. When he was done, he posted instructions on a calculator-hacking website, so that others could do things like make their calculators play Tetris, Whac-a-Mole, or serve as primitive e-book readers and music synthesizers. Then a lawyer from Texas Instruments visited his house to hand-deliver a cease-and-desist letter.
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Hackers Mod, Overclock and Reprogram Their Calculators
The incessant whining about AT&T’s network coverage is especially loud here in San Francisco, and that’s largely because a lot of hipsters, techies and workaholics here own data-sucking iPhones. Fortunately, AT&T says it’s been investing in upgrades to improve bandwidth in the Bay Area. Some highlights from AT&T’s press release : Approximately 850 local cell sites have been upgraded to include 850 MHz, the majority occurring last quarter In 2009 so far, AT&T has added nearly 40 new cell sites in the Bay Area and added significant backhaul HSPA 7.2 slated to roll out in the Bay Area next year Since 2008, AT&T’s network in the San Francisco area has experienced a 3G data traffic increase of 2,000 percent Investments between 2008 and the third quarter of 2009 total nearly $65 million “We know there are still challenges in the area, and these upgrades and investments will continue,” an AT&T spokesman said in a statement
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AT&T Rolls out Wireless Upgrades in SF Bay Area
Microsoft Windows continues to dominate the PC market with a 90 percent market-share stronghold, but when it comes to smartphones, Microsoft is getting beat up worse than a mustachioed villain in a Jackie Chan movie. Windows Mobile has lost nearly a third of its smartphone market share since 2008, research firm Gartner reports. Windows Mobile had 11 percent of the global smartphone market in the third quarter of 2008, according to Gartner, and last quarter Windows Mobile’s market share plummeted to 7.9 percent
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How Microsoft Blew It With Windows Mobile
I’ve been wary of any “vibrating massage” devices ever since the beating I received after rummaging through my parents’ closet as a child, but I’m willing to check out the USB Massage Scarf because of one amazing component: “high energy particles”. That and the amazing email pitch that landed in my inbox today: “Dear editors, The gadget I recommend today is surely a revolutionary tech item and will capture everyone’s eyeball closely.” Who could resist? Actually, the pitch is so good, here is the rest of it, for your information gathering pleasure: The scarf features high-energy particles with warm and wind-proof cloth, which is pretty suitable for wearing during cold days
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Tail-Swallowing USB ‘Massage Scarf’ Is an Infinitely Creepy Loop
The first thing you’ll say about the Eastside Fixed from Campus Cruisers is “Wow, an aluminum fixed-gear for just $300!” The next thing you’ll shout is “Wait, how did they make an aluminum fixed-gear weigh 21 pounds?” It’s true, 21 pounds isn’t heavy, but fixed-gear bikes don’t have much to add weight other than the frame and wheels, so even a steel framed bike (the usual fixed choice) can come in at less. Things get odder from there on.
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Eastside Fixed: Low-Priced Frankenbike
We are starting the final countdown toward Black Friday, the huge shopping day after Thanksgiving here in the States, and I thought I would do a series on gift ideas for different groups of people. After reading how Bill Gates praised Steve Jobs today , three important books written by tech insiders came to mind as natural gifts for that aspiring or actual CEO in your life.
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Gift Ideas: Two Books Every Executive Should Read Plus One for Marketers
The “Stop Thief” chair is a very simple crime-busting seat that formalizes something we all do anyway. The stacking chairs, presumably aimed at bars, cafes and restaurants, have a couple of slots in the seat so you can slip in the strap of your purse or man-bag, thus securing it between your legs, safe from the wandering hands of light-fingered street thieves. The chair, from UK company Design Against Crime, is made from lacquered wood and steel and comes in 12 colors
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‘Stop Thief’ Chair Keeps Valuables Where Nature Intended
You know you have a problem when your editor sends you an email like this: I’m not saying you should write yet another post about power outlets. I’m just passing this along because I know of your obsession with the things. Of course, doing something like that is as irresponsible as asking a recovering alcoholic to look after a bottle of scotch for you, so here is the outlet in question, a design so obviously full of utility that it should be a standard feature of hotel rooms worldwide.
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Mysterious Spinning Power Outlet Accepts Any International Plug
There is growing concern that the UK’s broadband network may find it difficult to cope with the millions of gamers expected to go online playing the new Call Of Duty – Modern Warfare 2 game that was released last night. The new version of the game (available for the PC, Xbox360 and the PS3) is set to become one of the biggest selling games of all time, with Play.com reportedly taking 150 pre-orders for the game every minute
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Broadband To Be Hit By Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2?